Our Story
Creative Pallet Woodworking was started by one simple project: I wanted to try and make a headboard for our bed out of an old pallet I had lying around. It turned out so nice that I started making other things out of the leftover pallet wood I had. I got a few more pallets from my work and made about ten more different things. Before I knew it, I was making all kinds of things from wood pallets and other various wood pieces that my work was just going to throw away. Since then, I have been reusing pallet wood, old barn wood, and other various materials that people were just throwing away.
As it turns out, what started as a hobby turned into something a little bigger. We now go to craft shows, street fairs, and other various community events and sell the items that were made from reused, reclaimed and recycled pallet wood and various other materials.
My wife asked me if I could recreate a Christmas card holder she had found at a yard sale many years ago. I said “give me 30 minutes.” I came back in and showed her and it looked almost identical to the original, with some minor differences of course. After that, I started making a few other things, such as wine racks with wine glass holders, door signs, yard signs, bird houses, bird feeders, garden name stakes, coffee cup holders, planter boxes, raised beds for the garden, end tables, work benches, etc. I make the items out of the reclaimed wood and other various materials and my wife paints them with various sayings and pictures.
It was a hobby at first, something for us to do together and just kept growing and growing until we had a garage full of these items we had created together. We then decided to do a craft show in our town and felt it was a good outlet for the items to be displayed and eventually sold. Most of the material used in the items, reclaimed material that would have been thrown away to sit in a landfill somewhere, is now hanging on someone’s wall or door or sitting in someone’s garden or on their deck or next to their sofa. We keep some of the items we make and have them all over our house and some of them eventually get sold.
In a time when we are consumed by commercialism and consumerism, its nice to know that instead of throwing out unwanted things, we can turn them into new products and reduce the amount of stuff filling our landfills. If it can be reused in any way, we should do so. We are not “environmentalists” or “advocates”; we simply want to do our part in trying to reduce the wasteful consumption of our resources.
As it turns out, what started as a hobby turned into something a little bigger. We now go to craft shows, street fairs, and other various community events and sell the items that were made from reused, reclaimed and recycled pallet wood and various other materials.
My wife asked me if I could recreate a Christmas card holder she had found at a yard sale many years ago. I said “give me 30 minutes.” I came back in and showed her and it looked almost identical to the original, with some minor differences of course. After that, I started making a few other things, such as wine racks with wine glass holders, door signs, yard signs, bird houses, bird feeders, garden name stakes, coffee cup holders, planter boxes, raised beds for the garden, end tables, work benches, etc. I make the items out of the reclaimed wood and other various materials and my wife paints them with various sayings and pictures.
It was a hobby at first, something for us to do together and just kept growing and growing until we had a garage full of these items we had created together. We then decided to do a craft show in our town and felt it was a good outlet for the items to be displayed and eventually sold. Most of the material used in the items, reclaimed material that would have been thrown away to sit in a landfill somewhere, is now hanging on someone’s wall or door or sitting in someone’s garden or on their deck or next to their sofa. We keep some of the items we make and have them all over our house and some of them eventually get sold.
In a time when we are consumed by commercialism and consumerism, its nice to know that instead of throwing out unwanted things, we can turn them into new products and reduce the amount of stuff filling our landfills. If it can be reused in any way, we should do so. We are not “environmentalists” or “advocates”; we simply want to do our part in trying to reduce the wasteful consumption of our resources.
